Mother Carney’s Soda Bread

 (from County Mayo, adapted by Suzanna Carney) 3 cups flour                  1 ¼  TBSP baking powder 1 tsp salt                       2 TBSP sugar ½  cup of raisins soaked in one cup water 2 eggs                          1 cup of milk  Measure your flour.  In the states you can use self rising flour to compensate for the all…

Haley’s Monkey Bread

 Mixture of cinnamon and sugar 1 pack of 4 Pillsbury biscuits ½ cup of margarine Cut biscuits into quarters and cover each piece with cinnamon sugar. Toss into a bundt pan. Melt margarine and pour onto the cinnamon sugar coated quarters. Bake 30 min at 350 F.

Gram’s Pumpkin Bread or Muffins

Soak ½ cup dates or raisins in 1/3 cup water Sift:  1 ¾ cup flour, 1 t salt, 1 t baking soda ½ t baking powder, ½ t allspice ½ t cinnamon, ½ t cloves, ½ nutmeg Mix :1 ½ cups sugar   and  ½ cup oil Add : 2 eggs , beaten and 1 cup…

Gram’s BANANA NUT BREAD    

Mix:  ½ cup margarine, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs 1 cup mashed bananas Sift:  2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teas. salt  1 cup chopped nuts Mix all together.  Pour into loaf pan that has been greased and floured. Bake at 350 F for 1 hour. Double recipe to make three loaves.